Comparison

Slinky Malinki vs PesonaEdu Interactive Book

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Slinky Malinki

Features
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Slinky Malinki, a cheeky and friendly cat by day, is a master pilferer by night. Children will learn about rhythm and rhyme as they follow the hilarious antics of Slinky Malinki - the lovable rascal cat who is always making mischief. Look out for the other Slinky Malinki titles. Run your fingers over the text to hear the story and touch any word to hear and see it spoken and spelt. You can even colour in pages of the story and record your own voice. Hear the barking dogs and the ferocious yowl of Scarface Claw, all part of the interactive experience, giving children and parents’ hours of fun. This is not only a marvellous story, but a superb aid for early learning and literacy development. It was thirty years ago that a small black dog stepped out of the imagination of author and illustrator Lynley Dodd and onto the pages of a picture book. This book, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy, is now famous the world over and the 20 titles in the Hairy Maclary and friends series have now sold more than six million copies worldwide. Features: • Personalize each book with ‘this book belongs to ...’ page. • Swipe-to-Read™ the words to hear and playback the story at your own pace. • Touch-to-Hear™ individual words spoken. • Touch-to-Spell™ to hear the letters that spell each and every word. • Auto Play to enjoy the narration. • Use the My Narration function to read and record the story yourself and customize your book. • Paint mode can be used on each story page! • Paint has a paint palette, brush width, move and zoom, and undo abilities! • Tap the paint palette icon and tap a color to change the paint color! • Tap the brush palette icon and change the slider to change the brush size! • Tap the Help menu to learn how to use a KIWABook This KIWABook includes the narration, text, and user interface in this language: UK English narrated by Kyle Prior PUFFIN BOOKS © & ™ Hairy Maclary and Friends, Lynley Dodd, 2012 licensed by Penguin Group (NZ) NEED HELP? Contact us: support@kiwadigital.com KIWA® is the world’s leading production house for experiential digital books. We partner with publishers and other content owners, using our patented technology to bring content to life in revolutionary new digital formats that deepen your child’s engagement and understanding. Check out our website: www.kiwadigital.com Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KiwaDigital

About

PesonaEdu Interactive Book

This app transforms traditional textbooks into dynamic learning experiences with interactive simulations, animations, and audio. It offers tools like annotations and bookmarks to enhance student engagement and comprehension in subjects like Math, Science, and Language.

Highlights
  • Interactive simulations
  • Animations and audio scripts
  • Annotation tools
  • Highlighting and bookmarking
  • Search functionality
  • Engaging learning for Math, Science, Language
Features
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Discover the joy in teaching and learning with PesonaEdu Interactive Book! It’s a true interactive books that goes beyond limitations of printed textbook. Collaborating with well trusted publishers around the world, we combined the rich contents of textbooks with powerful interactive simulations, animations, and audio scripts. Completed with annotation features, highlighted text, bookmark, sticky notes and searching tool to make things easier. The book provides wealth of opportunities for student to see, hear, and interact for a more meaningful and memorable way of learning Math, Science and Language subjects. Thus enables teacher to develop a confident, innovative, and engaged learning with students in class

Screenshots

Slinky Malinki4 screens
PesonaEdu Interactive Book3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PesonaEdu Interactive Book at Free against Slinky Malinki's $3.99. Slinky Malinki's advantage is update cadence (every 12 months vs every 28 months) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 13.1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PesonaEdu Interactive Book is free to download; Slinky Malinki costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slinky Malinki ships an update every 12 months, PesonaEdu Interactive Book every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Slinky Malinki versus PesonaEdu Interactive Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlinky MalinkiPesonaEdu Interactive Book
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better13.1
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiwa Digital LimitedPesonaEdu Store

In-app purchases

None

Slinky Malinki

No in-app purchases

None

PesonaEdu Interactive Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slinky Malinki free?
Slinky Malinki costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PesonaEdu Interactive Book free?
PesonaEdu Interactive Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Slinky Malinki or PesonaEdu Interactive Book have ads?
Neither Slinky Malinki nor PesonaEdu Interactive Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slinky Malinki or PesonaEdu Interactive Book?
Slinky Malinki ships an update every 12 months, and PesonaEdu Interactive Book every 28 months. Most recently, Slinky Malinki was updated on October 24, 2026 and PesonaEdu Interactive Book on November 2, 2026.

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